#6e8be8

Color #6e8be8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.9 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6e8be8

RGB

rgb(110, 139, 232)

HSL

hsl(225.7, 72.6%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225.7, 52.6%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.6%, 40.1%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(59.53, 15.72, -50.3)

LCH

lch(59.53, 52.7, 287.36)

OKLCH

oklch(65.7%, 0.1426, 269.16)

HWB

hwb(225.7, 43.1%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8cb6e

Analogous

#6ec8e8

#6e8be8

#8e6ee8

Triadic

#6e8be8

#e86e8b

#8be86e

Split-complementary

#6e8be8

#e88e6e

#c8e86e

Tetradic

#6e8be8

#cb6ee8

#e8cb6e

#8be86e

Square

#6e8be8

#e86ec8

#e8cb6e

#6ee88e

Shades

Color #6e8be8 mixed toward black.

#3d64e0

#1f47c5

#173594

#102362

#081231

Tints

Color #6e8be8 mixed toward white.

#869fec

#9eb2f0

#b7c5f4

#cfd8f7

#e7ecfb

Tones

Color #6e8be8 mixed toward gray.

#7891de

#8296d4

#8d9bca

#97a0bf

#a1a6b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7cd6 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#7a78d2 · ΔE 8.3

Tritanopia

#70c7c3 · ΔE 31.8

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 24.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6e8be8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e8be8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6e8be8 (#6e8be8) is rgb(110, 139, 232) in RGB.

No, #6e8be8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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